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ECB: Inflation and Weak Growth Risks to Financial Stability

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The outlook for financial stability in the euro area is still fragile in the context of weak growth, high inflation and geopolitical tensions, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday.

22 November 2023

ECB’s de Cos: Too Soon to Talk About Rate Cuts

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos on Tuesday reiterated that any discussion of looser ECB monetary policy was premature.

21 November 2023

ECB’s Villeroy: Interest Rates Likely to Remain Unchanged Next Few Quarters

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Monday said that discussion of ECB monetary policy had shifted too fast from focussing on when tightening would end to asking when loosening would start and that the ECB would probably its keep interest rates at current levels for some time.

21 November 2023

ECB’s Schnabel: Inflation to Decline More Slowly From Here

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Tuesday said that the process of getting inflation to the ECB's price stability target would be slower from now on.

21 November 2023

They Said It - Recent Comments of ECB Governing Council Members

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is an overview of recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of 26 October, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 25 October .

20 November 2023

ECB’s Lane: Need Deeper Commitment to Trading Integration

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Monday said that countries needed to pursue deeper and lasting trading relationships to achieve a better economic integration.

20 November 2023

ECB’s Wunsch: PEPP Reinvestments Need Rediscussing

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Friday said that the only reason to maintain the practice of reinvestments under the pandemic emergency purchase program (PEPP) was because the ECB had once committed to this, but that it was now necessary to consider the matter anew.

17 November 2023

ECB’s Lagarde: Need New Approach to Capital Markets Union

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday said that for the Capital Markets Union (CMU) to help Europe face its challenges, a completely different approach was necessary.

17 November 2023

ECB’s Lagarde: Cannot Be Complacent About Financial Stability Risks

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that it would be inappropriate to be triumphant about having avoided risks to financial stability just because some of these hadn’t yet fully materialised.

16 November 2023